The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-06 00:00:00

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Ditto Account !geapolitt.n ...... • 44 1 ,1 2 1 ,7 t 4 irry,t,iy 4 _18 3 4 ti ...18.3414 f. -C. -f - It)O ; IOC) SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF Paid. Per Share . - . Br i t i s h Copper Comp in y . 4 1 Cata Branca Mining Company Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company 5 1N 24 Eastern C o unties Rail wa y 2 3r, B r i g hton ( Renn ie ' s) 3 1; 2 London and Birmingham Railway Company 70 135 London and Greenwich Bailwar company 2O 22 Lon d on Grand Junct ion Railwa y 2 1 London and Westminster Bank 2O 6N 2(.1 12 12 4 l2 Mexican and South American 'I National Bank of Irel ---- --- and ...-----_ MAILS. Arrived. Due I A rriv eI. Due Ani.et. Due 0 America 0 3 France I u Lisbon 0 0 Prazil 0 0 Omni. &Jevor 1 0 Malta 0 fluenosAyres... 0 0 Hamburg 1 0 Alexico 0 0 Carthagena...... 0 0 Holland i Dublin... 0 Flanders 1 0 Leeward Islands 0. 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. .... Al minutes after O. I Evening...... 13 minutes aqer 1 HAMBURGH, Nov. 15, 1836. nUR. Friends, and all those w ho ma y have to write ‘, to us, are requested to be particular in directing, HEINE BROTHERS, in HAMBURGH, and to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, but s everal inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus 10/., '2O/., or 301., for instance, if remitted in One Bank of Eng land Note would only cause double Postage, but 10/. remitted in two notes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is there fore most advisable, for any Person having to remit Money to Ham burgh, to forward the amount in One Note ; or having_ to receive Money from Hamburg h, to receive the same in One Note, when ever possible. Of course remittances from Hamburgh to England, surpassing the usual amount of One Bank of England Note, may rather be made in Bills of Exchange, on London. To gave expenses that may as well be avoided, we request our Corresponflents n ot to overlook these particulars. HEINE BROTHERS. The publication of THE Surf N E WSPAPER , comm enced __ this day at 10 minutes past Three o Clock , „:.?*) zb,e ,42,1a+ T A? (.)E-e% LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1836. - We have received the whole of the Paris Papers of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ; the journals of the two former days having been delayed in consequence of the stormy state of the weather. The intelligence from Bilboa is very unfavourable. The following telegra phic despatch is copied from the official columns of the Moniteur of Friday : " BAYONNE, Nov. 29, HALF-PAST ONE P.M. " There ig until now no positive intelligence from Bilboa, saving the arrival of Espartero on the 25th at Portugalette, with 16 battalions. The siege had continued on the 26th and 27th without interruption. " The Governor of Tudela announces that the bands which had separated from Gomez are at Teruel and in the direction of Daroca. The troops marched out of Madrid when the Carlists reached the Tagus had returned to the capital. " NOVEMBER 30 " A Carlist letter states that on the 27th Espartero had been attacked at Baracaldo by Villareal, and driven back to Portugalette, with loss in men and artillery. " The Carlists took on the same day the convent of St. Augustin, and two adjoining houses, in" Bilboa. " Gomez is in the Sierra di Ronda." With respect to the defeat of ESPARTERO by VII, LAREAL, the most conflicting accounts had reaches Paris. According to the Carlist version of the affair, ESPA RTERO left Portugalette on the morning of the 27th, in order to compel the Carlists to raise the seige. VILLAREAL advanced to meet him, and, on the very first charge, the Christinas fled in disorder, leaving their baggage and artillery in the possession of the enemy. Some hundreds were made prisoners. While VILLAREAL was thus engaged in driving off ESPARTERO, EGUIA stormed and captured the fort of San Augustin, making seventy-five of the garri son prisoners. The Christino account of the same date states that Lord JOIIN HAY had placed the steamers Salamander, Comet, and James Watt, at the disposal of ESPARTERO—that a reinforcement of 3,500 fresh troops had landed at Santurce, near Por tugalettc, and that the Carlists were again about to raise the siege. We confess that, for once, we place more reliance upon the statements made by the Carlists than by the Christinos. Es- FARTERO is a man in whose military capacity we have very little confidence, and we should be sorry to hold ourselves responsible for his good faith. Though in appearance a mere soldier, with features as fixed as marble, and a frame of iron, ESPARTERO is generally regarded as a man having a natural capacity for in trigue. He shared the confidence of the braggart CORDOVA, and was not unacquainted with the schemes of that officer while he remained at the head of the army. For weeks together he gave chase to GomEz, but so very leisurely that the rebels were always one day in advance of his columns, though stopping some times for three days together to sack the towns and vil lages on their route. It is reported that ESPARTERO, though at the head of 18,000 troops, wrote to General EVANS, requesting him to leave San Sebastian and proceed to Bilboa, to force the Carlists to raise the siege. Had EvANs been weak enough to listen to this representation, San Sebastian would ere this have been in the hands of the Carlists. The Government ought not to lose an instant in removing ESPARTERO from a command for which he has so often proved himself disqualified. Th e garrison of Bilboa has done wonders, but we d fear that it c annot possibly hol out against the whole power of the Carlists. The relief of the town is all but utterly hopeless, as the rebels still command the passage of the river above the Desierto battery. The following te l e graphic dispatch es arc cop i e d from the Moniteur of Saturday : " TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. " TOULON, DEC- 1, 6 O ' CLOCK, P. M. " Intelligence was received at Bona on the 17th ult. of the arrival of the army at Guclma in the most sat i sfactory c ondition. Provisions and foer w e re in the gr eatest fodder abundance. In all directions the tribes had made their submission. The Prince (Duke de Nemours) was in e x _ eellont health, nor had the rain affected the health of the soldiers. According to all appearance, the army must have entered the * * *." (Interrupted.) "TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. " BAYONNE, DEC. 1, 8 O'CLOCK, P.M. " The Spanish Minister of War, Caraba, has been re • placed by Rodriguez de Verra. The Cortes, on the 20th ult., resolved by an unanimous vote the exclusion of Don Carlos from the throne of Spain. They would in a few days occupy themselves with a proposition for prescribing the mode of his execution, should that Prince be made prisoner." The Cortes might surely find something better to do than trouble themselves about the execution of the Pretender. The war is not yet over. When the. PRINCE is taken, it will be soon enough, in all con science, to decide in what way the Government ought to deal with him. Of domestic news there is little of any importance in the French Journals. On Friday the Marquis de THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1636. :~fIJPPING.-(TllJSr..k AY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, DEC. s.—Wind W. S. W., squally.—Arrived the Saekville, Matthew, from Quebec ; William Ash, Pridhan, From St. Pctersburgh ; and Enterprise, Tessier, from New foundland. Tbe •Persian proceeded for the River in tow. His Majesty's packet Ferret, from Calais, reports that the United Kingdom, Allen, from London to Jamaica, is riding at anchor near Calais, with loss of masts and other damage. Came down from the River and remains with the outward bound, , the Hebe, Harrington, for Limerick. Five, p.m., four ships and two barques, from the River, turning round the Gulls, make no signal. Arrived the Achilles, Duncan, from the Mauritius--sailed Sept. 11, and from the Cape Oct: 7. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 5. —Wind W. to W. S. W. Pi.vstourn, DEC. 4.—Wind W. S.W.—Dec. 5, wind W., and squally. FALMOUTH, DEC. 4.—Wind W. S. W. to W., fresh gales. POOLE, DEC. 4.—Arrived the Montague, Clemis, from Newfoundland ; and Resseer, Rowe, from Quebec. TEIGNMOUTII, DEC. 4.—Arrived the Friendship, Mudge, from Newfoundland ; and Rover, Walling, from Newfoundland. CLYDE, DEC. 3.—Arrived the J. 0., Barnes, from Demerara. LivEaroot.., DEC. 4.—Arrived the Wilberforce, Harrison, from Maranham ; Walter, York, from Philadelphia ; Lady Rowena, —, from Charleston ; Edmond, Strong, and Nor val, Harkness, from St. John's ; Cartaretta, Cooper, from Newfoundland ; John, Sandicome, and Sprightly, Quinton, from Seville; Catherine, Mitchell, from Gibraltar; Venus, Liston, from Lisbon. ALDBOROUGH, DEC. 4. —Arrived off, the Cleopatra, Bail. you, from St. Petersburg. YARMOUTH ROADS, DEC. s.—Arrived the Harvesthome, Thompson, from Quebec. WATERFORD, Dac. 3.—Arrived the Constantia, Ellis, from Quebez. LIMERICK, DEC. 3.—Arrived the Albion, —, Quebec. DOVER, DEC. 5.—A boat, marked James Cook, Limerick, was picked up on the 27th ult., and landed at Dungeness. COWES, DEC. 5.—A brig, about 100 tons, with painted ports, laden with deals, supposed a Norwegian, lower masts and bowsprit standing, was fallen in with on the 2d inst, at Beachy Head, bearing N. N. W. BOULOGNE, DEC. I.—A tremendous hurricane was expe rienced on the 29th ult. A quantity of goods have been picked up along the coast, consisting of wise, soap, and plums, casks of flour, powder, sails, &c. The Emile, from Rouen to Bayonne, has been driven on shore'near Berck. WEYMOUTH, DEC. 5.—A boat marked William of Exeter, Thomas Westmacott, and another marked Star of Peterhead, James Seller, have been picked up on Portland Beacb, and a pump, two oars, and other wreck driven on shore. BERWICK, OCT. 21.—The Hoffnung, from Liverpool, af ter discharging, is found irrepairable, except at an expense more than her value. The Leopold the First, Pienscke, from Villa Nova to Ant werp, was on shore near Rath, 2d inst., with damage, and loss of rudder, &c. The Peru, Pearson, from Liverpool to Adra, was totally wrecked near the latter port, 11th inst. The Maria Anne, from Cette to Havre, was wrecked near Folkstone, 29th ult. The Minerva, Sewell, from Llanelly, at Carthagena, leaky, and must discharge ; bound to Constantinople. The Robert, Kerr, from Quebec, was aground in the Bruns wick Basin, Liverpool, on Sunday. The Star, Sayers, bound to Galatz, is on shore near the entrance of the Danube. _ _ The Chieftain steamer, from Hamburgh to London, was wrecked in the Scheldt on the 29th ult ; crew and passen gers saved. The Ann, Griffith; from Bombay to London, put into the Mauritius, leaky. The Margaret, Oakley, from Canton to the United States, was lost at Port Dauphin on the 18th February. The Fancy, Smith, from Leith to Rio Janeiro, has been carried into Boulogne, waterlogged, dismasted, and aban- doned. The Thomas and Alfred, Sargeant, from London to Deme rara, was wrecked near Boulogne on the 3d inst. Master, mate, second mate, and six of the crew saved. The following has been received at Lloyd's this morning : " Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, 11th Nov. 1836. " Sir—l beg leave to acquaint you, for the information of the Committee at Lloyd's, and merchants in general, that by a Royal Order of the Queen of Spain, dated the 24th August last, the Port of Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, is declared a port of deposit for coals for steam-boats. The coals to be subject to `the sole duty of 2 per cent. for warehousing.—l remain, &c. (Signed) "R. BARTLETT, Consul. " W. Dobson, Esq., Sec., Lloyd's." THE MARKETS-( THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBER) AND. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow 11ay...: - New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 4 5 4 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 15 5 0 Clover Hay 5 5 6 0 Oat Straw 41 18 to 42 01 Wheat Straw 2 • 2 2 BRIGNOLESOLE, Ambassador (f the King of SA R DINIA, had an audience of the KING, and after some private conversation, delivered his credentials as Charge d' qffitires of the Dulze of LuccA. All hopes of draw inp over M. TIIIERS and his friends to support the MOLE Administration arc at an end. The KING, fearful of trusting to General BERNARD the defence of the War Department in the Chambers, offered the post to Marshal SOULT, but the brave veteran declined its acceptance. His MAJESTY was annoyed at this; and summoned Mar shal GERARD to his presence, whom, however, he found not a whit more accommodating than SounT. M. DUPIN, President of the Chamber of Deputies, was next ccnsulted ; but the testy lawyer declined having anything to do with the affairs of the Cabinet. When pressed to "give his opinion, he stated that he thought the present Ministers would be unable to com inand a majority in the Chambers. Letters and Papers from Madrid to the 26th ult. have been received. Their contents are of a miscella neous character, but by no means politically important Copious extracts from them arc given in another par of The Sun. We extract from the letter of a Correspondent, who signs himself " Not a Shareholder in a Joint Stock Bank," the following sensible observations on a sub ject which at present engrosses so much of public attention : " The REAL cause of panics is not the over-issue' of paper (which never to any extent worth notice has occurred, and never can, while human nature remains the same) ; but the absurd, insane fancy for a metallic currency,' which is preposterously assumed to be a standard, and unfluctuating circulation, (being actually the most fluctuating) ; the result is, that whenever business rapidly increases, the gold proves too little for the enhanced number and amount of trans actions—a struggle commences for it—fool A. rushes to obtain it from his banker—blockhead B. follows his wise example—and a panic' ensues—business is checked—dis tress occasioned, solvent houses ruined—prices lowered — banks closed, &c. &c. " The present crisis has arisen in this way—( the writer prognosticated it sir months since)—aided by the folly of brother Jonathan—who, unwilling that brother John should be the only ass, has come into the field to contend for the wreath of absurdity, and have his ' metallic currency ' too ! " So long as this folly prevails, panics will periodically TIHUITI—ALWAYS following, as AN INEVITABLE CONSE QUENCE, a season of prosperity—how should it be other wise ?—There is a certain quantity of gold in circulation, adequate to a certain amount of business—the latter amount is greatly increased—the amount of gold cannot be —and the inequality is immediately felt in the manner already pointed out—PANICS ARE THEREFORE THE NA TURAL AND INVARIABLE RESULTS OF A GOLD CIRCULA TION—the metallic medium cannot be made to coitride with the extent of trade—a paper medium always can't"- A small knot of Orangemen, styling themselves a " Protestant Society," met last week at a place in Ireland called Ballymena, to celebrate the anniversary of their confederacy, and to chaunt their own praises over the exhilarating juice of the Irish grape. Where Ballymena is we do not pretend to know, not having ever heard of it before, and being unable to find it on any map of the Sister Isle ; but we presume it is si tuated somewhere in the province of Ulster. The persons who assembled on this occasion seem to be equally obscure. Mr. EMERSON TENNENT and another gentleman have M.P. tacked to their names, O'er all the rest, an undistinguished crew, Her veil of deepest shade oblivion threw. The meeting was as poor in point of numbers as in other respects ; we cannot, therefore, congratulate the Society on the success which has attended their exec tions, if their object be as the Chairman alleged, spew their numbers, their respectability, and strengtl. One of the toasts proposed front the Chair was " The Synod of Ulster, and the other Orthodox Synods in Ireland," which afforded an opportunity to a Dr. STEWART to make a greater fool of himself than even nature has done—an achievement which may, perhaps, appear incredible to his friends. This sapient Doctor took upon himself to state that the question of State-Church endowments h'ad been already settled by a brother Doctor, and therefore re quired not to be argued by him—how convenient I He then related a story, evidently invented by himself, about a steam-boat conversation which he' overheard between a Scotch Dissenter and some Radicals, in which the Dissenter defended religious establishments, and gained a glorious victory over the advocates of the voluntary system I This wonderful tale constituted the whole Of the Rev. Doctor's oration, with the excep tion of the important information respecting Dr. CooKE, which we have mentioned. Dr. STEWART was followed by Mr. BUTT, Mr. BUTT by Mr. TENNENT, and Mr. TENNENT by Mr. DUNBAR, and then this trumpery affair ended. Mr. TENNENT'S speech was characterised by that want of sense and decency which has obtained him such notoriety among the factious opposents of his MA JESTY'S Government. Prince Polignac and his son, who is about 20 years of age, dined with the Hon. Mrs. Macdonald, in Connaught place, on Sunday evening. The Princess and her children are still in Paris, but they are expected to join the Prince at the Clarendon in the course of the present week. He is about to take a mansion in Connaught-square, or the vicinity, for his permanent residence. The exiled ex-Mi nister quitted this country in 18'29, when he was Minister Plenipotentiary from Charles X., and occupied a splendid mansion in Portland -place. Princess Lieven has considerably increased her es tablishment in Paris, and private letters repeat the report of the probability of the eldest daughter of the Emperor Nicholas paying a visit early in the spring to the French capital, and it is added that her Highness will take up her temporary abode at the hotel of the Princess Lieven, in the Rue de Rivoli. Lord Robert Grosvenor's new mansion in Upper Grosvenor-street is undergoing various alterations and im provements, which will not be completed until the spring. The Upper Chamber of the legislative body of Dres den has rejected a motion for the admission of ladies dur ing the Parliamentary discussions. The Paignion, a very learned title for another of those pretty toy amusements for a child ; it consists of a variety of seenes, , the street, the Zoological Gardens, rooms, theatre, &c.. in which are placed moveable figures. For an invalid child it is a most interesting toy.—Literary Gazette. A meeting took place at Devizes, on Saturday last, on the subject of the proposed " Rural Police ;" when in dividuals of various political opinions coincided in expressing their disapprobation of the project.— Wilts Herald. Fergus O'Connor visited Newcastle, on Monday last, on which occasion the Radical Reformers gave him a public breakfast ; and in the evening he addressed a nu merous assembly in the Music Hall of that town. SUDDEN DEATH.—We ate sorry to have to record another awful instance of sudden death, which happened early yesterday morning to J. Ratcliffe, Esq., of Cambray place. This gentleman, who has long been a residen t of Cheltenham, had just decended to breakfast, when he was seized with an attack of apoplexy. C. T. Cooke, Esq., and Dr. Conolly, were immediately called in, but without being able to render any assistance, though all the , usual applications were ,promptly resorted to. Mr. Ratcliffe, we understand, was in his 67th year.—(Clellenhain Looker-on of Saturday.) \Telanc i l nny and disheartening as the fact is , it is nevertheless fearfully true, that a goodly port io n of th e crops are still exposed to the storms of this gloomy season. e p ep u t r i i e n n g , wet and ra i n la s t week, the weather has been, almost with out ex y, and consequently altogether unfitted for harvest operations. We are informed that a good deal o f the corn anti barl e y crop i n the di str i ct a round Alyth is st ill unhouseo, while, in Glenisla and Strathardle, much of it is still tthoechultu.vesltndisees d ti'll in f ar fro m comp l e t e d. Altogether the whole hilly portions of the of the country the prospects country are gloomy, and all classes will suffer, though not to an equal extent, from the backward ness of the season. Many farmer& will of course be unable to pay their rents, which will tell on the income and expen diture of the landlords ; and the poorer part of the commu nity feel it sorely, from provisions rising to a higher price than, with their limited incomes, they can conveniently afford to give.—Perth Chronicle. CHANCERY CO URT.-(r Ens DAY'.) RACHEL V. RACHEL.—CONTEMPT. -' Mr. BLUNT applied this morning in this case on behalf of the defendant, who was IL prisoner in the Fleet, for con tempt, for his discharge, under the following rather singular circumstances. The Learned Counsel had obtained an order sonic time since, under Sir Edward Sugden's Act, for the discharge of the prisoner, but the Registrar had felt a difficulty in drawing up the order. It appeared from. the statements of the Learned Gentleman that the Master, who made his usual visit to the Fleet in November last, had reported that the defendant was in custody for want of appearance. Upon that report he moved, on Nov. 11, for his discharge from custody, which order he obtained, but before that order, was drawn up the time for answering had expired, and a fresh attachment bad been lodged against the defendant for contempt in not putting in his answer ; upon this the Learned Counsel again moved for his dis charge upon a certificate of the answer being filed ; his Lordship had made that order, but the registrar had a dif ficulty in drawing it up, inasmuch as at that time the mas ter had only reported that the defendant was in custody for want of appearance, and not for not putting in his answer. The. question, therefore, was whether the unfortunate de fendant was to remain in custody till the Master paid his next visit to the Fleet, or whether, upon the certificate of his having put in his answer, he ought to be discharged. His LORDSHIP immediately ordered the Registrar to pass the order. THE MARQUIS OF BREADALBANE V. THE MARQUIS OF CHANDOS. The COURT then proceeded to hear the appeal motion this case, which appears likely to occupy some days in :ument. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) COOPER V. COOPER. The bill on this case, the arguments in which were part heard yesterday, was filed by one brother against another for the purpose of having the partnership accounts taken. It appeared that they had carried on the business of tailors in Titchfiekl-street, to a considerable extent, but not agree ing together, as to their partnership transactions, the plain tiff filed his bill to have the accounts taken. A reference was made to the Master for that purpose, who reported that the defendant was indebted in the sum of 200/. to his brother. He had, however, allowed several small sums and also a sum of 801., which the defendant alleged he had paid to a person of the name of Skelton, who afterwards became bankrupt. To this report of the Master, allowing the defendant these sums, exceptions were taken by the plaintiff. The VICE-CHANCELLOR allowed the first, except as to the small sums, but overruled the second. The COURT then proceeded with the further arguments in the part-heard case of Pinkers v. Paynter, which were commenced during the last Term. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) MALINS V. FREEMAN. This was a bill seeking to enforce the specific performance of an alleged contract for the purchase of certain property, situated at Woodford, in Essex, which was put up for sale by auction at Garraway's, and knocked down to the defen dant at 1,400/. in May 1834. The defendant stated that at the time of the sale he was labouring under deafness, arising from severe cold, and that he had bid for the pro perty in mistake, not having heard the description of it by the auctioneer, when put up for sale by him. The case was part heard yesterday, and the arguments were not concluded at the time we went to press. EXCHEQUER COURT.--(THIS DAY The LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury were en gaged all the morning with the case of " Jupe v. Pratt," which was brought to recover damages for the infringement of the plaintiff's patent for making an expanding table. The cause is likely to occupy the whole day, the plaintiff's case not having been finished when our reporter left. COMMON PLEAS.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PARKE and a Special Jury.) RAPHAEL V. DUNCONIBE. This was an action brought by Mr. John Raphael, the Returning Officer for the borough of Finsbury at the last election, to recover the sum of 381. from Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P. for Finsbury, this being the balance alleged to he due to the:plaintiff in respect of the expense incurred at the last elec tion, when Mr. Duncombe and Mr. Wakley were last elected. It appeared that each of the candidates, previous to the nomi nation, had deposited the sum of 401. with the Returning Of ficer, as a security for the expenses necessarily incurred in preparing polling-books, and paying poll-clerks, &c. The sum deposited not being sufficient to cover the expenses to which the returning officer was put, and the defendant, or rather the Committee who conducted his election, refusing to pay his share of the remaining expenses, the present action was brought to recover the sum of 381., that being a moiety of the amount of the expense to which the returning officer was put beyond what was covered by the deposits. The election, it will be recollected, took place in January, and one of the deputy returning officers said it was so dark that they were obliged to have gas-lights in the booths. Mr. Justice PARKE.—Mat is a reason why there should I not be a general election in winter. Mr. Serjeant WILDE.—I hope your Lordship's sugges tion will he taken into consideration.—(A laugh.) Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD appeared for the defendant , and contended that the expenses to which a candidate could be put were strictly defined by act of Parliament, and that several of the. charges on the present occasion were unjustifiable. The returning officer took that dignity subject to certain charges, for which the candidates could not he made liable. Lord Ellenborough, in the celebrated action brought by the High Bailiff of Westminster against Sir Francis Burdett, laid down the law respecting charges of this nature. He said that " a candidate was liable to no expense except such as the statute law casts upon him, or which he takes upon himself by express, or implied con sent." In the present case there was a charge for a share of the expense of the indenture of return, for which the candidate was not liable. Mr. Sergeant WILDE—That is the last charge I should think a candidate would object to.—(A laugh.) Mr. Justice PARKE—You are both experienced men ; you ought to know.—(A laugh.) Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD contended that the expenses were strictly defined by the Act of Parliament, and it was of the utmost importance that the Court and jury should settle the question. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, for the full amount. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Joseph Fisher Perkins was indicted for stealing five steel lined thimbles, a pencil-case, and other articles, the pro perty of John Richard Morton, his master. Mr. Mosely, the agent of the prosecutor, a manufacturer of jewellery at Birmingham, stated, that he carried on bu siness at Hatton-garden, and some time since employed the prisoner as an assistant at a salary of 21. a-week. It was his custom, by the desire of Mr. Mosely, to take out a quantity of jewellery every morning for the purpose of selling them, and on his return in the evening to give an account of what he had disposed of. The articles were so numerous, that no memorandum could well be made of the quantity taken out. About the 18th of November, some suspicion arose, and some of the property was missed. On that morn ing„ the prisoner coming as usual to his employer's shop, was told he need not go out, and a search was made upon his person, when the articles named in the indictment, together with the key .of his house, were found upon him. He was given in charge to a policeman, but Mr. Mosely having then stated that though he had no right to their possession, yet he might have had them for the purposes of sale. The Learned Judge did not think the indictment could be sus tained, and the Jury. accordingly acquitted the prisoner. Joseph Fisher Perkins was again put to the bar, charged with stealing various articles of jewellery, to the value of 200/., from Jelin Richard Morton ; and 'Emma Cephisa Thornlcy alias Perkins, was indicted for receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen. • Mr. BODKIN appeared for the prosecution, and having referred to the circumstances of the last trial, said he would be able to show that an extensive system of depredation had been for some time carried on by the male prisoner, and that the female at the bar was a party thereto. A question would arise as to the degree of coercion under which she might be supposed to have acted as the wife of Perkins ; but it would be shown that he was in 1834, con victed of bigamy, having intermarried with Emma Thornley, his first wife being then alive. William Moseley—l am the town agent of Mr. More ton. The prisoner was in his service. His business was to take out goods in the morning, and on his return to give an account of what he had sold. When my suspicion was excited I asked him about six watch-keys that were missing ; he said he knew nothing about them.• I then asked about some cameo bracelets ; he denied all knowledge of them. On the 18th of November he was taken into custody. I told him I suspected him of robbing me. The officer took the key of his house, No. 11, Carter-street, Walwortb, from his pocket. We went there and found several articles. (The property was here produced, and consisted of a great variety of jewellery.) Among these I see many articles marked, and all I know to belong to Mr. Moreton. In consequence of some information I went to the Pan theon in Oxford-street. I found on a stall belonging to a person calling herself Stanford, several articles which I SMITHFIELD. --- -- Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay- - £3 10 to £3 15 New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto 4 0' 4 5 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay Clover Hay (extra line £6 0 Generally 5 5 515 Oat Straw Zll6 to ..til 18 I Wheat Straw llB • 2,0 WHITECHAPEL. Coarse Meadow Hay £3 10 to £4 0 New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto 4 0 4 10 Fine Upland Meadow and ltye•grase Hay Clover Hay 5 5 6 0 tad Straw £1 16 to XI 18 I Wheat Straw THE FUNDS.--(THIS I)AY.) CITY, 7'WELVE' O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are three French mails (one still due). We have also the Ostend, Dutch, and Ham burg mails ;with ship letters from St.HelenaandNewfound land ; from Mauritius 10th September, and Cape of Good Hope 6th October. The arrival of three French mails, which were detained by contrary winds, has furnished us with important infor mation from the Carlists' head-quarters. Letters received from Durango, of the 28th Nov., state that General Es partero was totally defeated, with great loss ; and that the Convent of San Augustin had surrendered to the Carlists. Bilboa was open to an assault, and would be entered on that day (the 28th) ; but the telegraphic dispatch, dated three days later (Dec. 1), does not mention a word on the subject. This has puzzled all the city politicians and spe culators in the Spanish Securities; and they are at a loss to know how to speculate. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at 88% 4 for the Account ; Reduced, 871 a ; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 ; India Bonds, 8 10 ; Bank Stock, 206, 207 ; India Stock, 256 257. The French Funds coming higher has improved Consols. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, which closed at 191, is not so good, owing to the unfavourable intelligence from Bilboa, done at 18% ; Passive, .s i f I ; Deferred, 7% s ; Portuguese, 43% 441 ; Three per Cents., 285 ; Co lombian, 211 s ; Mexican, 21/ 4 ; Chitin, 40 42 ; 791 80; Danish, 74:4- ; Dutch Five per Cents., 99% 100 ; Ditto Two and a Half per Cents., 5 3 1 I. HALF -PAST ONE. We have the following private letter from St. Sebastian, Nov. 27 :—" Yesterday Espartero, with 14,000 men, en tered Portugalette ; his vanguard took position at Cantera (Apie) on the other side of the river, where Baraculd is situated, and, according to the Carlist account, the battle took place." Consols have been done at 88k, since which they may be quoted at 88% buyers, little doing; Reduced, 871 ; Ex chequer Bills improved to 11 13 prem. ; India Bonds, 10 prem. ; Bank Stock, 206/ ; India Stock; 256 257 ; Spanish Active, 181 ; Passive, 5 3 3 ; Portuguese, 441 4 ; Three per Cents., 281 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half, 53%. The French mail has not yet arrived. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 881. THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bink Stock .. 20(114 Omni rin 3 per Cent. lied 87% Inilia Stock :3 per Cent Cons Ditto 1i0nd5...... ..... .. ....... .1/ II pm. 1 per Cent. 3% per Cent. Red. 05% Ditto DU Annuities New 3% per Cent. 97% Ditto New Annuitic.2 I per Cent. Assented Dissented Ditto 5001 l4 pin. Long Annuities to expire. Ditto 5001 ........ Jan 15041...... 14% 13r.nk Stock for Dp g . Oct 11350 — India Stock for Act Jan. iSik) ieOItEION FUNDS. P:xtuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. Ditto, Now Ditto 44 P.rvssian, 5 per cent. imssian 11,,nrIs, 5 per esut ....MY; Ditto, Metallic Spanish. 5 per cent — Ditto. Consolitlateil lB% French, 5 per cent Exchange French, 3 per cent Dutch, 2i percent. ',IN Ditto, 5 per cent.... .... .... ..... 'CO 4 it ES. Austrian, 5 per cent ilelgi an, 5 per cept.... ........ - , II:will:in Bands .. VI, Buenos Ayres, '6 per cent 2 S IA Chillan, 6 per cent — Colombian, 6 per cent. Ditto, Bat Danish, 3 per cent 74 Greek Bonds, 1825.5 per cent _ Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 Peruvian, 18'25, 6 per cent. . SH A, --- Great Western Railway London and Weenvin Rdi ailway London and Southampton Railway London Grand Junction No South Eastern and Price al F l ni ay the Sli arcs Sii nee our O ne l o'clock • - ist. On Monday morning, about half -past ten o'clock, as the nine o'clock train was returning from Manchester, when coming down the tunnel, Osborne, one of the porters em ployed by the Company, met with an accident by which he was killed on the spot.—Liverpool chronicle. THE FLOODS.—The unceasing torrents of rain which fell on Monday night, and which during the whole of that day bad been accompanied with awful thunder and lightning, caused a most extraordinary flood all over the country. Every river was out, and Mesopotamia itself could never lave been more surrounded. Two of the Ma gistrates attending the Committee of the Lunatic Asylum at Pyle was nearly prevented from proceeding, e ven b y the land floods, which ran over the roads in deep and rapid streams , between Coed y Mwstwr and Tregroes. The Ely, near Velin Vawr, was three feet deep on the Llantrissent road, and every river was a sea. A violent storm of wind raged on Tuesday moruing.—Merthyr Guardian, to - knew to be the property of my employer ; some of then] had his name on them. I told her many of the articles were Mr. Mo►cton's, and that I was sure they had not been, regularly sold. She said they were bought by her hus band, and she could produce invoices of them from Birming ham. I gave her my card ; she said she did not know me, and I asked, did she not know. Mr. Perkins. She replied not. I told her he was the young man who went out selling goods for our house, and to this she answered that she might have seen that person. I sec in the salesbook an entry of goods sold to Mrs. Stanford on 31st Oct. last. I found goods on her stall answering the description. I did not i❑ consequence take away those things. On the following morning I went to No. 11, Carter-street, and there found the female prisoner. Also sonic more of the property. She was then given in custody. I saw her at the same house when we were employing Perkins. She then appeared to live there as his wife. Cross-examined—The prisoner was entrusted with the property to make sale of, but could not dispose of them on credit without referring to ►nc. I found the articles on the second day at Carter-street, in the trunk of the female pri soner. I told her, the night before, my suspicion that the 400ds were stolen. She might easily have removed them in the meantime. William Payne, clerk to the proprietors of the Pantheon, Oxford-street, proved that on the Ist of October the female prisoner made application for a stall in the name of Emma Stanford. She took possession of it on the Gth. She gave references, one of which was to Mr. Perkins, 11, Carter-street, Walworth. No inquiry was made ;it was taken for granted that she was respectable. Cross-examined —During- the prisoner's remaining at the Bazaar there was no concealment in the carrying on of her business. A policeman stated that in July, 1834, he took the male prisoner into custody on a charge of bigamy. The female prisoner came with him from 11, Carter-street, Walworth. She refused to be examined, and was threatened by the Ma gistrates to be committed. She then had an opportunity of knowing what Perkins was charged with. The first wife was there, and was sworn. She was the complainant. It was proved that on the 7th of July, 1834, the mar riage ceremony was performed between tho two prisoners at the bar, at St. Peter's Church, Walworth. The first wife was then and is now alive. It was proposed to give in evidence the record of the conviction for bigamy, but it appeared not to have been made up, and Mr. Phillips objected to its receipt. His LORDSHIP said he would take a note of the objec tion, and give Mr. Phillips the benefit of it. Mr. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury on the part of the prisoners. As regarded the female, he thought it sufficiently established by the prosecutor that she was the wife of Joseph Perkins—at all events, that she believed herself to be his wife ; and therefore was entitled to the merciful con sideration of the law, which supposed her to act under the coercion of her husband. But putting that out of the ease, the Jury should be satisfied that she received the property with a guilty knowledge, and fully aware that it was stolen. The circumstances which were given in evidence forbid the belief that she could suspect any thing wrong in the transaction. If she had, it would be strange in her to take a stall in the Bazaar, a place more public than any shop in London, where she was surrounded by rival artizans, and subject to the inspection of Mr. Mosely, and indeed of every man in the city. Nor should it be overlooked that having known the charge made upon her, and while it remained in her power to secrete many of the articles she kept in her possession, what would be considered damning evidence of her guilt. As far as Perkins was concerned, the question for the jury would be, whether or not he acted in the capacity of agent, and had as such a right to make sale of them as might seem to him most fitting for the interest of his employers. If they were satisfied that he had no such right they would be bound to find him guilty ; if their minds were inclined to a contrary conviction, they should acquit the prisoner. The female prisoner received an excellent character from several witnesses. Mr. Justice VAUGIIAN summed up the evidence. He said, as regarded the objection raised by Mr. Phillips, be would be bound to take the opinion of the Judges, in case a conviction of the female prisoner rendered it necessary. The Jury found Joseph Perkins guilty, and acquitted Emma Cesephine Perkins, alias Thornley, of the offence laid to her charge. Both prisoners seemed much affected, and wept bitterly during the progress of the trial. WOOLWICH, DEC. s.—His Majesty's steam-vessel Lightning, Lieut. Shambler, received on board this morn ing from the Tower 8,000 blankets, for Colonel Evans's Legion, and will sail this evening for the north coast of Spain, calling at Portsmouth for other necessaries. The accounts of the ravages of the late storm from various parts of the country are very distressing, though we have not to record any additional loss of life. At the gas works, Blackrock, beyond Kemptown, a portion of a high wall was blown through one of the gasometers, and several thousand feet of gas escaped. At Lord Chichester's, at Stammer, nearly a hundred fine trees have been blown down, and at Lord Trevor's, Glynde, a complete avenue of stately elms has been wholly levelled to the earth. On the estate of Air. Bridger, of Buckingham, the damage in timber alone is 3001. On the estate of Mr. Danbury, at Broadwater, many valuable trees were up rooted, among which were several of remarkab le a g e an d dimensions. The van going from Rottingdean to Brighton was blown over, and the passengers, on being rescued, took refuge in the coast-guard station, where they had not been housed above a minute ere a part of the roof was blown off. It is stated that on the property of the Duke of Rich mond, at Goodwood and the vicinity, more than 5,000 trees have been blown down. Prince Polignac, since his arrival at the Clarendon Hotel on Saturday, has received visits from several of those distinguished friends with whom he was intimate while Am-i bassador from the Court of France in this country. WILFUL MURDER.—On Saturday, a woman, named Elizabeth Stoddern, the wife of a tinman at Truro, pointed out to her husband a lad named Richard May, aged 16, as a person who had struck her some time , since, and threatened to run her through 'the body. While the woman was complaining, May's sister threw a stool at her, on which Stoddern caught her by her cap, and pulled her down. While he was holding her down May came from the house with an axe in one hand and a long knife in the other, and making a desperate lounge at Stoddern, stuck the knife into her abdomen. The unfortunate woman stag gered to the side of the street, where she called out that she was murdered. A chair was procured, in which she was carried home, but death put an end to her sufferings at three the following morning. On M on d a y, a t the inquest, a verdict of " Wilful Murdr" against May was returned, and he was committed to the county gaol for trial.— West Briton. The severe storm which was felt in London on Tuesday and Wednesday was not experienced in Edin burgh. Wednesday was particularly fine for the season in , that city. On Friday, however, it was blowing a hard gale from the N.W., with occasional heavy showers, but not more severe than usual. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—One day last week, as the workmen of Messrs. Thompson and Co., of Smithic gillfoot Mine, Cumberland, were coming out of the level mouth from their work, they observed a hare hopping down the plantation, and squat herself down under a tree. At this moment a small sparrow-hawk, that was hovering in the air above her, darted down upon poor puss ; and, before the men could get to them, it had killed its victim, and ma nifested great reluctance on their approach to quit its prey. The hare was bleeding profusely from behind the ears, the little tyrant having struck his sharp talons into the neck with fatal effect.—Whitekaven Herald. THE LATE HURRICANE.—On Monday, Nov. 28, a tremendous hurricane of wind from the West, attended by a:most unusual storm of lightning and thunder, did consi derage damage along our coast. We regret to learn that a very lofty chimney, eighty feet high, at the Margam ti❑ works of Messrs. Robert, Smith, and Co., was blown down, and its fall crushed a workman, who was lying on a bank near, and killed him in an instant. The poor man was of sober and industrious habits, and has left a widow and two children to mourn his untimely death. Most providentially the stack did not fall in a contrary direction ; had this been the case it is probable that upwards of twenty persons would have been hurried into eternity. Much injury was done to the building by the violence of the tempest, as well as by this accident of the stack.—Merthyr Guardian. The Chicago American thus congratulates its readers upon an anticipated early arrival of the mails : " Postcript.—llighly important.—By afoot passenger from the south, we learn that the long-expected mail may be looked for in the course of next week." The price of the best four-pound loaf, in Paris, is fixed at eleven sous and a half for the first fortnight in De cember, and that of second quality at eight sous and a half. A 0,4 J TIEORNE.—TREASURE-TROVE.—On Tuesday af ternoon, as pipes for private lights were being laid on from one of the street mains of the gas-wbrks in this town into the ancient house of John Roberts, of the Green, shoe maker, the workmen discovered a small square recess, about a foot in diameter, beneath the shop floor, by the front window, bricked all round, and evidently constructed for some private depository by a former tenant. A small red earthen pot or pipkin was found in this aperture, containing a number of silver coins of various sizes, and the reigns be tween Charles I. and George 1., in the whole about 41. in representative value.—Doncaster Chronicle. The Hereford Times contains the following resting announcement :—" Mr. Ledgwood, the goEoeman without arms and le , ° s, whose astonishing and pleasing- per formances delighted large audiences in the neighbouring towns is, each evening, attracting a number of P ersons. to the scene of hi s s e4hihipop‘" LITERATURE. THE MERCHANT' S DAUGHTER. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1836. The " Merchant's Daughter" is an illustration of Shakspeare's remark, that " the course of true love never did run smooth." The hero and heroine, Wal ter Gordon and Florence Lyle, love each other to the usual amount of romantic desperation ; and, as a mat ter of course, their attachment is thwarted in a v ariety of Nvays ; poor Florence being courted by two Lords at once, and very nearly compelled to give her hand to the one, whom of all others she most detests, in the hope (a stale device) of rescuing her father from pecuniary embarrassments : and Walter being equally unfortu nate, from the circumstance of his pocket exhibiting a marked tendency to atrophy. It is soothing, however, to be able to state that towards the close of the third volume all difficulties vanish ; the wicked are discom fited, and the virtuous made happy—in other words, the lovers arc united, and, of course, dwell in Elysium ever after, especially if they happen to have " six small children " all squalling away in their ears at one and the same time. We cannot say much for the n ovelty of the incidents of this tale ; though numerous, they are, for the most part, of the trite, watering-place order ; the characters, however—with the exception of the hero, w4o has nothing to recommend him but dark earliest eyes, and a sallow, romantic cast of counte nance—are well discriminated; we allude more parti cularly to the comic ones, which are drawn from obser vation, and not from books. The gossiping Mrs. Hutchins, who mistakes a mysterious young stranger at Weymouth for a burker and a resurrection man, be cause " a horse and cart are standing every night about twelve between his house and the burial-ground , and also because a little boy was lost for some hours on his way to school, and the strange gentleman Was seen near him when he was found "—this character is pourtrayed to the life. .Scarce a watering-place in the kingdom but can boast of its Mrs. Hutchins. M Cheltenham—at Ramsgate—and at Brighton, every third house is tenanted by one of the genus, whose name is " Legion." Equally real is the sketch of th e " exquisitely natural " Miss Brindley, who is all art lessness and simplicity, and blunders in such a grace ful and unsophisticated manner as to be perfectly irre' ristible. We have little doubt that the " Merchan ts Daughter" will be liked by our fair readers, for if no t very original, it is at any rate very readable ; one or two scenes are delineated with force, and the dialogue; are uniformly well sustained. SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH, BART., M.l 3 * --- The present member for East Cornwall having appeared te a great number of the Leeds Reformers a suitable ners eri r to become one of the Liberal candidates for the borough el Leeds at the next election, he has been written to f o r the. purpose of ascertaining whether he would stand if call ed upon. The following is an extract from his reply : Meat, Launceston, Nov. 26, 1836 ° " Dear Sir—l am now enabled to answer your letter, an to inform you that I shall be happy to stand for your bo rough, and comply with the wishes of the electors, provided that, on investigation, I find that my probability of su ccess is a good one. * * * My opinion is that Governine °t will make the ballot an open question almost immediately' but nothing will tend so much to influence them as a strong demonstration from a town of such consequence as Leeds' —Leeds Mercury. 'W. MOLESWORTH." A Reform Association has been established il l ; Honiton. The meetings are held at the Golden Lion, and an active and efficient committee have been appointed. I t is supposed that the Association will have the best effec t on the politics of the borough. The Liberal party hav e decidedly gained by the last registration. I cannot imagine why my whiskers should turn gray so much sooner than the hair on my hrJad," said Al: derman H. the other day. "It is because you have worked so much more with your jaws than your brains," replied a wag.—Liverpool Standard. A few days since, as a fine swan, the property Of Mr. Thomas Kirkpatrick Hall, of Holly-bush Hall, in the county of Stafford, was sitting, it is supposed, by the s ide of one of the fish-ponds, it was seized by a fox, with which the swan rushed into the water. Determined not to lose his prey, the fox kept his hold, when, after a violent struggle, they were both drowned. The keeper, on going his rounds the following morning, discovered them. Tho swan had a large wound in the neck.--.:Derby Reporter. CORPORATION TREASURE ~_The late Trea surer (G. C. Greenway, further resistance enable sta n e e t l o iim the to p i e n r c e u m r pt t o b r e y s fe p e o l n l s i i i b S a c i o ty ura o g f e a s n fu ffi r tcli Esq.). on, proceeding to London , and after cons u lti ng w ith M r . K night, his counsel, di d n et mands of the new trustees, and therefore paid over, on Sa' turday last, to T. Heyden, Esq., the new Treasurer, d' e balance in his hands on the Ist of January last, arnountici to about 5,0001. The subsequent accounts are appoint' to be settled in the country.— Warwick Advertiser. The Flanders' M a il men ti ons t h at t h e B e lgi a n journal s , are fill e d w i t h accounts of the disasters caused g the storm on the 29th ult. Th ere , as h ere , chimneys, trees, and h o u ses , were bl own d own, b ut t h e devastaticin fell most severely on the mills and on. the fishing-ves seis i A great number of the latter are yet unaccounted for, 911 0 several of the former were cast to the ground. These W e brin g intelligence from Berli n an d • Vi enna , b ut . i t i s net : ° 5 political importance. The Belgian Chamber o f Deput` e , passed on the 30th ult., by a majority of 60 to 3, the Pr°, ject of law concernin g cr i mes an d o ff ences comm itted el Belgians in foreign countries. On Saturday morning, between twelve and 0 1 o'clock, as two men were employed i n th e s h a ft of 3 c f l ) br pit; beloneine• to Mr. Knowles, o f S w i n t on , th e earth' 0 many yards round the mou th gave way , an d f e ll in °Pale them. The unfortunate men, it appears, were employ boy, making some repairs at th e s id es o f t h e s h a f t , an d a;',f who was st a tioned a t t h e top , to g i ve not i ce to t h e erigi n- 01 , when any thing was t o b e l e t d own or d rawn up f o r the,' narrowly escaped sinking with the earth, which he felt g t ' e Ta ing way beneathhis feet. N o means h ave b een y e t adil e ir for rescuing the bodies of the unfortunate men froth,' d, premature grave ; and from the loose state of the gl t , J. for 'a considerable distance round the mouth of the pit's ,: v er considered' doubtful whether the unfortu na t e men wilt te r be extricated from their dreadful situ a ti on .—Manefie s ' Times. On Saturday evening last, Jam es H o ll an d and ''- e a phis Sheriff robbed Mr. T. Cl ar k e, o f A t h erstone , of Br e a bushels of potatoes ; on S un d ay they were appre h en ds 0 a lodging house by M r . Biddl e, the act i ve o ffi cer, O n NI day committed to the county gaol, on Tuesday brougl'ee the bar f or t r i a l — w h ere they pleaded guilty, and were s• 00, teneed to two calendar months in the House of C o rree b tl is i, with ha r d l a b our . Th us eac h success i ve day h a d its .01e, ness, awl punishme n t f o ll owe d c l ose l y on t h e h ee ls of cr am —Warwick Advertiser. The severe storm which was felt in London ' ~° ll, Tuesday and Wednesday was not experienced in nto burgh. Wednesday was particularly fine for the seas„le that city. On Friday, however, it was blowing a but from the N.W., with occasional heavy showers, more severe than usual. a t the A distressing and fatal occurrence took place grade , residence of the Hon. W. Ashley, on the Marino-P. ale Brighton, on Ne ll dnesday eVening, to a oung, .ith named Elizabet wyer, who lived as lady's mid l e young lady named Bailey, a visitant to the family'' dis , had been unwell for some days, and her mind was y ra teo ordered state as she continually fancied that the Maglsieeec had been applied to to apprehend her. Medical ass i st,, ;sze ,, had been called in, and she had been bled, cuPP.e , t r a when, in the middle of the night, that individual -1 % II o ft noise in the deceased's room, and afterwards a heavY„._ ut of the ground, the poor creature having thrown herself ", bare not s tate' , 0 , 0 5 the window. She was picked up in a senseless died in a quarter of an hour. A Coroner's - Inque st held the next evening.—lnsanity. d eigli t On Wednesday a evening, between seven an Teat o'clock, as Ge o rg e Barnes, p o stman, was crossin4 ,-,.,, had Ancoats-street, he was caught by the leg by a rope: fe jloo' a noose at the end, fastened to a boat - horse, whienlatlov• was galloping and beating most unmercifully. I n nridgc t° ful situation. he was dragg e d from near Ancoats opposite the Dispensary, distance of three or dred yards, before they could stop the rider in his r_nn o n c r e a o ff and that was not accomplished till the fellow was knock not. the horse by the people who run to Mr. Barn es' tb e e he rse j ante, and v ainly endeavoured, by calling 603 4 " as lie was apparently dashed to pieces. e ' Int assts the Dispensary, however, where the most promp o ua s t t i o o p n . it NwVahsetnholNufgr.bßt tahrnatetshoverniawisnaraselaeiaesned: e ou b s im si t t adfah l from man t l e iis in p d e u ri e l 'tired but on e a hi s legs and both of h i s ar rps . were iot a ' -joints were gru was afforded, it was found that his head had escan re ed . 00"11 1 - mangled the flesh and bone of the elbow te l therdarc expected ; and, if mortification can be bPrleovn ed to IVlr. CAP' great hopes of his recovery. The horse e vas t g be hat causeatklf aticl torn to pieces. The 'sufferer is better than co _ ver, a carrier, in whose employ the mu Mancheiter accident ; it has been detained, the confusion contrived to make his escape. - , Guardian, but the n fellow who rode it